HR Business Partner

WG060 Witherslack Group Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading special education and care provider seeks an experienced HR Business Partner to drive positive change across multiple business areas. You will focus on employee engagement, workforce planning, and organizational change while providing strategic HR solutions. With opportunities for travel and development, this hybrid role offers a salary up to £65,000 and a comprehensive benefits package to enrich your career.

Benefits

7 weeks holiday

Flexible benefits package

Medical cover

High-street discounts

Wellbeing tools

Recommend a friend scheme (£1,000 bonus)

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a HR Business Partner.
• Broad knowledge of employee relations practices.
• Flexibility to travel across locations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver commercially focused HR solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders.
• Guide through complex people management challenges.

Skills

Coaching

Employee Relations

Communication

Workforce Planning

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

time left to apply End Date: August 9, 2025 (15 days left to apply)

job requisition id JR102556

Salary: Up to £65,000 plus Car

This role is a hybrid role with frequent travel required across our locations in the North West, with occasional group wide meetings across our locations in the UK.

Those huge small victories

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

For children with complex needs the level of care and education we provide must go above and beyond. That’s what drives us here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams, we’re proud to have won a reputation for excellence and market leading OFSTED ratings.

Get out what you put in

Are you a strategic HR professional passionate about driving positive change and making a real difference? Witherslack Group is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join our dynamic team and work closely with senior leaders across multiple business areas within your region. In this pivotal role, you will deliver commercially focused HR solutions that support workforce planning, employee engagement, employee relations, and organisational change—helping us to create an amazing place to work and ultimately better outcomes for the young people we serve.

You’ll act as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders, guiding them through complex people management challenges, embedding effective development plans, and championing talent pipelines through our internal leadership programmes. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, you’ll use HR metrics to influence decision-making and support the evolving needs of our business. This role requires flexibility and regional travel as you partner across various locations to embed policies, drive proactive HR initiatives, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our HR strategy and systems. If you thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment and want to be part of a forward-thinking organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

Bring your whole-self to work

Here at Witherslack Group, we celebrate everyone’s differences as that’s what makes us the best at what we do. Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. We’ll give you the chance to build an exciting career in a fast-growing organisation, where you’re free to achieve your potential. Here’s what we need from you;

• Significant experience working as a HR Business Partner with a broad knowledge of employee relations practices and processes.
• Proven ability to provide coaching, support, and training to managers and leaders.
• Experience in developing, updating, and implementing HR policies and procedures.
• Strong workforce planning skills with the ability to build credible business relationships quickly.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Proactive, highly organized, and able to manage competing priorities across multiple stakeholders.
• Flexibility to travel across locations as needed, with a full UK driving licence.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the care sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Salary: Salary range from £55,000 - £65,000 dependent on experience
• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 7 weeks’ holiday (including bank holidays)
• Flexible benefits package: meaning you can increase/decrease your holiday allowance, pension and life insurance – check out our benefitshere
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Join the UK’s best special education and care provider

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself .

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The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost). We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

About Witherslack

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

There’s lots of ups and downs, and to some of our young people, just sitting through a lesson can be a big win. We call these huge small victories and whilst they may seem small on the surface, they add up to make a big difference.

We live and learn with children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication difficulties (such as Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, or speech, language and communication needs), ADHD or complex learning needs. We have the most joined-up model in SEN, the best environments and we are proud of what we do.

Mission: We are the leading provider of specialist education and care for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication difficulties (autistic spectrum conditions; speech, language and communication needs), ADHD and complex learning needs.